From: siguy2@hotmail.com   
      
   On 30 Oct 2005 09:20:10 -0800, "bluebirdoffriendliness@gmail.com"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Last month, I was taking a nap, had a pretty common dream. I knew I was   
   >dreaming, I was thinking things like "this is a funny dream" and "I'm   
   >going to draw that guys face when I wake up".   
   >   
   >When I did wake up, I couldn't move. I was lying flat on my back facing   
   >up (which I never do). I tried calling out but I couldn't. I could see,   
   >it was still daylight out but my vision was dimmed. I just saw that   
   >movie Exorcism of Emily Rose and panicked a little, but I don't believe   
   >in that stuff and sort of laughed it off. In my head. Because I   
   >couldn't move.   
   >   
   >I was afraid, but, eh, I'm really really calm in person, so I was more   
   >weirded out than afraid. I was fully conscience. Then I started   
   >floating. I'm pretty sure I "floated out of my body", but I could be   
   >wrong, I could have just been "floating". I was thinking WEIRD WEIRD   
   >WEIRD and I don't remember how but next thing I knew I was downstairs   
   >telling my dad all about it.   
   >   
   >I wish I could remember what happened between floating and being   
   >downstairs, I probably would remember if my dad wasn't like, "you were   
   >just dreaming", because I didn't finish telling him all about it.   
   >   
   >Anyway.   
   >   
   >I've been dreaming very weirdly since then. A couple nights before I   
   >/dreamt/ I had another one, except it was scarier. I said "Oh no"   
   >(which I would never say in real life) and it came out all weird, like   
   >being under water. I felt like my body rippled like waves in an ocean.   
   >   
   >Every night when I *try* to go to sleep, I wiggle my toes and shake and   
   >move my hands just to make sure I'm not frozen in place. My actual   
   >sleep paralysis wasn't scary, it's just...   
   >   
   >I'm afraid of it happening again and I'm afraid of it not happening   
   >again.   
   >   
   >Any thoughts?   
   Relax, BB, and remember that you're in a state of paralysis every nite   
   at least 4 times..during REM. It's a natural protective   
   (theoretically) state so that the dreamer doesn't get up and act out   
   the dreams. SP simply happens at odd times when you're biological   
   clock is thrown out of kilter (like taking a nap) and you wake up   
   before the paralyzing neurochemicals have a chance to flush out of   
   your system. No big deal. In fact, you've discovered, accidently, what   
   many of us train ourselves to do, use the SP State as a jumping off   
   point to having out of body experiences; matters not whether they're   
   "real" or not...the important thing is that it's another   
   step....INWARD, that leads to more and more knowledge of Self...and   
   that's a GOOD thing! :))   
   happy floating!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)